Organic Minerals
Definition
Organic minerals are a chemical union between a mineral element with an organic molecule.
Organic minerals provide a great opportunity for the development and improvement of animal productivity due to their superiority compared to traditional minerals with regards to higher environmental security due to their low pollution levels, better bio-efficiency and optimal cost-benefit return.
Organic minerals are better absorbed by the animal, and therefore supply the standards of productivity required by the industry in order to meet the current high demand.
Inorganic minerals disadvantages
Poor availability and slow metabolization.
Demand a mineral balance in order to avoid antagonisms.
Have negative interrelations with other diet compounds as phosphates, fibers, fitic acid, fat and vitamins.
Chelate, proteinate or complex?
Chelate, proteinate or complex minerals are not chemically identical. Proteinates can be more variable in its chemical structure and probably in its physiological function than a mineral amino acid specific complex (Zinc Methionine).
A mineral complex is any mineral bonded to an organic compound such as amino acid, peptide or polysaccharide. Even though a mineral organic compound union increases pH stability and electric neutrality, it is not as efficient as coordinate covalent unions of chelates.
Nutritionally effective chelates
The fact of having a chelate complying with the above mentioned requirements does not guarantee its nutritional effectiveness since it must adhere to the following additional conditions:
1. Chelating agent must be easily metabolizable.
All chelates resulting from non-metabolisable chelating agent do not offer Metal amino acid chelate bioavailability advantages.
2. The chelate must have a molecular weight smaller than 800 daltons.
It is known that only these molecular low weight chelates are able to pass through intestinal walls without any modification or in intact conditions. This characteristic allows the chelate to be absorbed without expensive and inefficient ionization process that must occur in the intestine for inorganic sources absorption. In contrast, it takes advantage of amino acids absorption mechanism.
3. Chelate must be electrically neutral.
The reason is plain as in the intestinal walls and other diets compounds it exist positives and negatives charges that can affect chelates free flow and absorption if these were electrically charged. This is the reason why all PREMEX products charges have been neutralized and in some of them purified in order to comply with this requirement.
Organic minerals are a chemical union between a mineral element with an organic molecule.
Organic minerals provide a great opportunity for the development and improvement of animal productivity due to their superiority compared to traditional minerals with regards to higher environmental security due to their low pollution levels, better bio-efficiency and optimal cost-benefit return.
Organic minerals are better absorbed by the animal, and therefore supply the standards of productivity required by the industry in order to meet the current high demand.
Inorganic minerals disadvantages
Poor availability and slow metabolization.
Demand a mineral balance in order to avoid antagonisms.
Have negative interrelations with other diet compounds as phosphates, fibers, fitic acid, fat and vitamins.
Chelate, proteinate or complex?
Chelate, proteinate or complex minerals are not chemically identical. Proteinates can be more variable in its chemical structure and probably in its physiological function than a mineral amino acid specific complex (Zinc Methionine).
A mineral complex is any mineral bonded to an organic compound such as amino acid, peptide or polysaccharide. Even though a mineral organic compound union increases pH stability and electric neutrality, it is not as efficient as coordinate covalent unions of chelates.
Nutritionally effective chelates
The fact of having a chelate complying with the above mentioned requirements does not guarantee its nutritional effectiveness since it must adhere to the following additional conditions:
1. Chelating agent must be easily metabolizable.
All chelates resulting from non-metabolisable chelating agent do not offer Metal amino acid chelate bioavailability advantages.
2. The chelate must have a molecular weight smaller than 800 daltons.
It is known that only these molecular low weight chelates are able to pass through intestinal walls without any modification or in intact conditions. This characteristic allows the chelate to be absorbed without expensive and inefficient ionization process that must occur in the intestine for inorganic sources absorption. In contrast, it takes advantage of amino acids absorption mechanism.
3. Chelate must be electrically neutral.
The reason is plain as in the intestinal walls and other diets compounds it exist positives and negatives charges that can affect chelates free flow and absorption if these were electrically charged. This is the reason why all PREMEX products charges have been neutralized and in some of them purified in order to comply with this requirement.
